[KiltedBanshees93GT]

Kaspar: That is actually something that I have been working on (getting the carb tuned, I'm still learning), I've been playing around with the carb, if a bit on the conservative side. I just bought a vac gauge and am going to try it on the car, this weekend if I can. I would say that the secondary is opening, I know last time I got on it, you could feel the tip in on the secondarys opening, and the added pull, it just doesent seem as stong as my old carb (which was tuned really rich, to the point the car smelled like a gas station.)
Like I said, I just need to keep playing with it. *side note: even with the new carb, I still can't seem to get the carb to idle below 1500 without the engine dying out/stumbling/generally not liking it. Could this be related to the combo on the engine? Low vac due to cam/intake requiring higher rpm to maintain the vacum?

RWhite: As to the ultimate plans for the car, here goes:
Ultimatly (this being after I have a house, i.e. sometime in the next year)I'm looking at a reliable (moderatly) high 3-low 400 hp street car. I want to go with a EFI 351w (still leaning toward stroked)with either a t-5, 3550 or tko.
I want to build it to be able to take the hp and really get it to the road, i.e. heavy on the suspension/brakes. I would rather have a moderate HP car that can get it all to the road, instead of huge hp and big clouds of smoke.
Since the 289 is (in theory) temp, I'm not planning to much as far as mods, but I do want it to be able to hold up against the stock yahoos on the street. 250+hp would be a nice thing.

Am I looking for too much with my setup? or an I just not going about things right?

J